Legal notes/privacy & cookie policy

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Terms of Service:

The following terms and conditions govern all use of the EUDD.eu website and all content, services and products available at or through the website (taken together, the Website). The Website is owned and operated by Società Italiana di Gastroenterologia ed Endoscopia Digestiva (“SIGE”). The Website is offered subject to your acceptance without modification of all of the terms and conditions contained herein and all other operating rules, policies (including, without limitation, SIGE Privacy Policy) and procedures that may be published from time to time on this Site by SIGE (collectively, the “Agreement”).

Please read this Agreement carefully before accessing or using the Website. By accessing or using any part of the web site, you agree to become bound by the terms and conditions of this agreement. If you do not agree to all the terms and conditions of this agreement, then you may not access the Website or use any services. If these terms and conditions are considered an offer by SIGE, acceptance is expressly limited to these terms. The Website is available only to individuals who are at least 18 years old.

Your EUDD.eu Account and Site. If you create a blog/site on the Website, you are responsible for maintaining the security of your account and blog, and you are fully responsible for all activities that occur under the account and any other actions taken in connection with the blog. You must not describe or assign keywords to your blog in a misleading or unlawful manner, including in a manner intended to trade on the name or reputation of others, and SIGE may change or remove any description or keyword that it considers inappropriate or unlawful, or otherwise likely to cause SIGE liability. You must immediately notify SIGE of any unauthorized uses of your blog, your account or any other breaches of security. SIGE will not be liable for any acts or omissions by You, including any damages of any kind incurred as a result of such acts or omissions.

Responsibility of Contributors. If you operate a blog, comment on a blog, post material to the Website, post links on the Website, or otherwise make (or allow any third party to make) material available by means of the Website (any such material, “Content”), You are entirely responsible for the content of, and any harm resulting from, that Content. That is the case regardless of whether the Content in question constitutes text, graphics, an audio file, or computer software. By making Content available, you represent and warrant that:

the downloading, copying and use of the Content will not infringe the proprietary rights, including but not limited to the copyright, patent, trademark or trade secret rights, of any third party;

if your employer has rights to intellectual property you create, you have either (i) received permission from your employer to post or make available the Content, including but not limited to any software, or (ii) secured from your employer a waiver as to all rights in or to the Content;

you have fully complied with any third-party licenses relating to the Content, and have done all things necessary to successfully pass through to end users any required terms;

the Content does not contain or install any viruses, worms, malware, Trojan horses or other harmful or destructive content;

the Content is not spam, is not machine- or randomly-generated, and does not contain unethical or unwanted commercial content designed to drive traffic to third party sites or boost the search engine rankings of third party sites, or to further unlawful acts (such as phishing) or mislead recipients as to the source of the material (such as spoofing);

the Content is not pornographic, does not contain threats or incite violence towards individuals or entities, and does not violate the privacy or publicity rights of any third party;

your blog is not getting advertised via unwanted electronic messages such as spam links on newsgroups, email lists, other blogs and web sites, and similar unsolicited promotional methods;

your blog is not named in a manner that misleads your readers into thinking that you are another person or company. For example, your blog’s URL or name is not the name of a person other than yourself or company other than your own; and

you have, in the case of Content that includes computer code, accurately categorized and/or described the type, nature, uses and effects of the materials, whether requested to do so by SIGE or otherwise.

By submitting Content to SIGE for inclusion on your Website, you grant SIGE a world-wide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to reproduce, modify, adapt and publish the Content solely for the purpose of displaying, distributing and promoting your blog. If you delete Content, SIGE will use reasonable efforts to remove it from the Website, but you acknowledge that caching or references to the Content may not be made immediately unavailable.

Without limiting any of those representations or warranties, SIGE has the right (though not the obligation) to, in SIGE sole discretion (i) refuse or remove any content that, in SIGE reasonable opinion, violates any SIGE policy or is in any way harmful or objectionable, or (ii) terminate or deny access to and use of the Website to any individual or entity for any reason, in SIGE sole discretion. SIGE will have no obligation to provide a refund of any amounts previously paid.

Payment and Renewal.

General Terms.
By selecting a product or service, you agree to pay SIGE the one-time and/or monthly or annual subscription fees indicated (additional payment terms may be included in other communications). Subscription payments will be charged on a pre-pay basis on the day you sign up for an Upgrade and will cover the use of that service for a monthly or annual subscription period as indicated. Payments are not refundable.

Automatic Renewal.
Unless you notify SIGE before the end of the applicable subscription period that you want to cancel a subscription, your subscription will automatically renew and you authorize us to collect the then-applicable annual or monthly subscription fee for such subscription (as well as any taxes) using any credit card or other payment mechanism we have on record for you. Upgrades can be canceled at any time by submitting your request to SIGE in writing.

Services.

Fees; Payment. By signing up for a Services account you agree to pay SIGE the applicable setup fees and recurring fees. Applicable fees will be invoiced starting from the day your services are established and in advance of using such services. SIGE reserves the right to change the payment terms and fees upon thirty (30) days prior written notice to you. Services can be canceled by you at anytime on thirty (30) days written notice to SIGE.

Support. If your service includes access to priority email support. “Email support” means the ability to make requests for technical support assistance by email at any time (with reasonable efforts by SIGE to respond within one business day) concerning the use of the VIP Services. “Priority” means that support takes priority over support for users of the standard or free EUDD.eu services. All support will be provided in accordance with SIGE standard services practices, procedures and policies.

Responsibility of Website Visitors. SIGE has not reviewed, and cannot review, all of the material, including computer software, posted to the Website, and cannot therefore be responsible for that material’s content, use or effects. By operating the Website, SIGE does not represent or imply that it endorses the material there posted, or that it believes such material to be accurate, useful or non-harmful. You are responsible for taking precautions as necessary to protect yourself and your computer systems from viruses, worms, Trojan horses, and other harmful or destructive content. The Website may contain content that is offensive, indecent, or otherwise objectionable, as well as content containing technical inaccuracies, typographical mistakes, and other errors. The Website may also contain material that violates the privacy or publicity rights, or infringes the intellectual property and other proprietary rights, of third parties, or the downloading, copying or use of which is subject to additional terms and conditions, stated or unstated. SIGE disclaims any responsibility for any harm resulting from the use by visitors of the Website, or from any downloading by those visitors of content there posted.

Content Posted on Other Websites. We have not reviewed, and cannot review, all of the material, including computer software, made available through the websites and webpages to which EUDD.eu links, and that link to EUDD.eu. SIGE does not have any control over those non-SIGE websites and webpages, and is not responsible for their contents or their use. By linking to a non-SIGE website or webpage, SIGE does not represent or imply that it endorses such website or webpage. You are responsible for taking precautions as necessary to protect yourself and your computer systems from viruses, worms, Trojan horses, and other harmful or destructive content. SIGE disclaims any responsibility for any harm resulting from your use of non-SIGE websites and webpages.

Copyright Infringement and DMCA Policy. As SIGE asks others to respect its intellectual property rights, it respects the intellectual property rights of others. If you believe that material located on or linked to by EUDD.eu violates your copyright, you are encouraged to notify SIGE in accordance with SIGE Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”) Policy. SIGE will respond to all such notices, including as required or appropriate by removing the infringing material or disabling all links to the infringing material. SIGE will terminate a visitor’s access to and use of the Website if, under appropriate circumstances, the visitor is determined to be a repeat infringer of the copyrights or other intellectual property rights of SIGE or others. In the case of such termination, SIGE will have no obligation to provide a refund of any amounts previously paid to SIGE.

Intellectual Property. This Agreement does not transfer from SIGE to you any SIGE or third party intellectual property, and all right, title and interest in and to such property will remain (as between the parties) solely with SIGE. SIGE, EUDD.eu, the EUDD.eu logo, and all other trademarks, service marks, graphics and logos used in connection with EUDD.eu, or the Website are trademarks or registered trademarks of SIGE or SIGE licensors. Other trademarks, service marks, graphics and logos used in connection with the Website may be the trademarks of other third parties. Your use of the Website grants you no right or license to reproduce or otherwise use any SIGE or third-party trademarks.

Advertisements. SIGE reserves the right to display advertisements on your blog unless you have purchased an ad-free account.

Attribution. SIGE reserves the right to display attribution links such as ‘Blog at EUDD.eu,’ theme author, and font attribution in your blog footer or toolbar.

Partner Products. By activating a partner product (e.g. theme) from one of our partners, you agree to that partner’s terms of service. You can opt out of their terms of service at any time by de-activating the partner product.

Domain Names. If you are registering a domain name, using or transferring a previously registered domain name, you acknowledge and agree that use of the domain name is also subject to the policies of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (“ICANN”), including their Registration Rights and Responsibilities.

Changes. SIGE reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to modify or replace any part of this Agreement. It is your responsibility to check this Agreement periodically for changes. Your continued use of or access to the Website following the posting of any changes to this Agreement constitutes acceptance of those changes. SIGE may also, in the future, offer new services and/or features through the Website (including, the release of new tools and resources). Such new features and/or services shall be subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

Termination. SIGE may terminate your access to all or any part of the Website at any time, with or without cause, with or without notice, effective immediately. If you wish to terminate this Agreement or your EUDD.eu account (if you have one), you may simply discontinue using the Website. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if you have a paid services account, such account can only be terminated by SIGE if you materially breach this Agreement and fail to cure such breach within thirty (30) days from SIGE notice to you thereof; provided that, SIGE can terminate the Website immediately as part of a general shut down of our service. All provisions of this Agreement which by their nature should survive termination shall survive termination, including, without limitation, ownership provisions, warranty disclaimers, indemnity and limitations of liability.

Disclaimer of Warranties. The Website is provided “as is”. SIGE and its suppliers and licensors hereby disclaim all warranties of any kind, express or implied, including, without limitation, the warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement. Neither SIGE nor its suppliers and licensors, makes any warranty that the Website will be error free or that access thereto will be continuous or uninterrupted. You understand that you download from, or otherwise obtain content or services through, the Website at your own discretion and risk.

Limitation of Liability. In no event will SIGE, or its suppliers or licensors, be liable with respect to any subject matter of this agreement under any contract, negligence, strict liability or other legal or equitable theory for: (i) any special, incidental or consequential damages; (ii) the cost of procurement for substitute products or services; (iii) for interruption of use or loss or corruption of data; or (iv) for any amounts that exceed the fees paid by you to SIGE under this agreement during the twelve (12) month period prior to the cause of action. SIGE shall have no liability for any failure or delay due to matters beyond their reasonable control. The foregoing shall not apply to the extent prohibited by applicable law.

General Representation and Warranty. You represent and warrant that (i) your use of the Website will be in strict accordance with the SIGE Privacy Policy, with this Agreement and with all applicable laws and regulations (including without limitation any local laws or regulations in your country, state, city, or other governmental area, regarding online conduct and acceptable content, and including all applicable laws regarding the transmission of technical data exported from the United States or the country in which you reside) and (ii) your use of the Website will not infringe or misappropriate the intellectual property rights of any third party.

Indemnification. You agree to indemnify and hold harmless SIGE, its contractors, and its licensors, and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents from and against any and all claims and expenses, including attorneys’ fees, arising out of your use of the Website, including but not limited to your violation of this Agreement.

Miscellaneous. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between SIGE and you concerning the subject matter hereof, and they may only be modified by a written amendment signed by an authorized executive of SIGE, or by the posting by SIGE of a revised version. Except to the extent applicable law, if any, provides otherwise, this Agreement, any access to or use of the Website will be governed by the laws of the Italy, excluding its conflict of law provisions, and the proper venue for any disputes arising out of or relating to any of the same will be the state and federal courts located in Rome, Italy. Except for claims for injunctive or equitable relief or claims regarding intellectual property rights (which may be brought in any competent court without the posting of a bond), any dispute arising under this Agreement shall be finally settled in accordance with the Comprehensive Arbitration Rules of the Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Service, Inc. (“JAMS”) by three arbitrators appointed in accordance with such Rules. The arbitration shall take place in Rome, Italy, in the English language and the arbitral decision may be enforced in any court. The prevailing party in any action or proceeding to enforce this Agreement shall be entitled to costs and attorneys’ fees. If any part of this Agreement is held invalid or unenforceable, that part will be construed to reflect the parties’ original intent, and the remaining portions will remain in full force and effect. A waiver by either party of any term or condition of this Agreement or any breach thereof, in any one instance, will not waive such term or condition or any subsequent breach thereof. You may assign your rights under this Agreement to any party that consents to, and agrees to be bound by, its terms and conditions; SIGE may assign its rights under this Agreement without condition. This Agreement will be binding upon and will inure to the benefit of the parties, their successors and permitted assigns.

Privacy Policy:

Società Italiana di Gastroenterologia ed Endoscopia Digestiva (“SIGE“) operates EUDD.eu and may operate other websites. It is SIGE policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating our websites.

Website Visitors

Like most website operators, SIGE collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. SIGE purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how SIGE visitors use its website. From time to time, SIGE may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.

SIGE also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for logged in users and for users leaving comments on EUDD.eu blogs/sites. SIGE only discloses logged in user and commenter IP addresses under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information as described below, except that commenter IP addresses and email addresses are visible and disclosed to the administrators of the blog/site where the comment was left.

Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information

Certain visitors to SIGE websites choose to interact with SIGE in ways that require SIGE to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that SIGE gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, we ask visitors who sign up at EUDD.eu to provide a username and email address. Those who engage in transactions with SIGE are asked to provide additional information, including as necessary the personal and financial information required to process those transactions. In each case, SIGE collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor’s interaction with SIGE. SIGE does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below. And visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.

Aggregated Statistics

SIGE may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its websites. SIGE may display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, SIGE does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below.

Protection of Certain Personally-Identifying Information

SIGE discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only to those of its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on SIGE behalf or to provide services available at SIGE websites, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Some of those employees, contractors and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country; by using SIGE websites, you consent to the transfer of such information to them. SIGE will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone. Other than to its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations, as described above, SIGE discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only in response to a subpoena, court order or other governmental request, or when SIGE believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of SIGE, third parties or the public at large. If you are a registered user of an SIGE website and have supplied your email address, SIGE may occasionally send you an email to tell you about new features, solicit your feedback, or just keep you up to date with what’s going on with SIGE and our products. If you send us a request (for example via email or via one of our feedback mechanisms), we reserve the right to publish it in order to help us clarify or respond to your request or to help us support other users. SIGE takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration or destruction of potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information.

Cookies

A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. SIGE uses cookies to help SIGE identify and track visitors, their usage of SIGE website, and their website access preferences. SIGE visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using SIGE websites, with the drawback that certain features of SIGE websites may not function properly without the aid of cookies.

Business Transfers

If SIGE, or substantially all of its assets, were acquired, or in the unlikely event that SIGE goes out of business or enters bankruptcy, user information would be one of the assets that is transferred or acquired by a third party. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur, and that any acquirer of SIGE may continue to use your personal information as set forth in this policy.

Ads

Ads appearing on any of our websites may be delivered to users by advertising partners, who may set cookies. These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement to compile information about you or others who use your computer. This information allows ad networks to, among other things, deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. This Privacy Policy covers the use of cookies by SIGE and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.

Privacy Policy Changes

Although most changes are likely to be minor, SIGE may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in SIGE sole discretion. SIGE encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. If you have a EUDD.eu account, you might also receive an alert informing you of these changes. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.

This information is provided pursuant to Article 13 of the d. lgs. n.196 of 2003, Code on Personal Data Protection, to users of the portal and web services accessible by telematic means starting from the home page https://www.EUDD.eu. This information is limited to navigation on the EUDD.eu website and has no value for sites external to it, even if consulted from links on the www.EUDD.eu portal and on the thematic websites. This information describes how to manage the web portal and the thematic sites of the SIGE in relation to the processing of personal data of users who consult it, who choose to register and / or who use online services.

The consultation of the portal may involve the processing of data relating to identified or identifiable persons (see the following section ‘Types of Data Processed’). The registration to the portal and the subscription of online services give rise to processing of personal data relating to natural or legal persons. The holder of their treatment is the Italian Society of Gastroenterology and Digestive Endoscopy with registered office in Corso di Francia, 197 – 00191 Rome. For the processing of personal data, the person in charge of the SIGE Secretary has been appointed.

Trustees of the treatment

The treatments related to the portal services take place mainly at the SIGE headquarters. They are carried out by personnel identified and expressly appointed according to the specific purposes of the services requested and undersigned. For the treatments in question, SIGE can avail itself of the help of external companies, consultants, consortia, software suppliers and services operating, through identified and appointed personnel, within the scope of the intended purposes and in order to guarantee maximum security and confidentiality. some data.

Types of data processed

Consultation of the website: navigation data

IT systems and application procedures designed to operate the website www.EUDD.eu they acquire, during their normal operation, some data whose transmission is implicit in the use of communication protocols on the Internet. This information is used to obtain anonymous statistical information on the use of the portal and to check its correct functioning and are not associated with identified users; however, by their nature and through associations with data held by third parties, they could allow identification of data subjects. For example, this is the IP address of the system used to connect to the portal. These data are removed from the systems after the processing of the statistics and are kept off-line exclusively for assessments of liability in the case of computer crimes and can only be consulted at the request of the judicial authority.

Data provided voluntarily by the user in using online services

For the use of online services that provide for the authentication, registration or sending of e-mail personal data are used freely provided by users in different ways:

Online services for members of the SIGEThe personal data of the members, acquired with the registration or with subsequent eventual appropriate collection procedures, and personal data of the employees and / or collaborators of the SIGE possibly purchased with the procedures and the online services, will be processed for the performance of the activities institutional provisions of the SIGE, within the limits established by law and regulations, in compliance with the general principles of transparency, correctness and confidentiality as indicated in the Regulations implementing the rules on personal data protection.

Registration to the portal and online services for subjects outside the SIGENatural or legal persons outside the SIGE can register with the portal to request particular online services. During registration to the portal some personal data are requested that are used to identify the registered subject. When subscribing to online services, additional, even sensitive, data may be requested. The processing purposes are different depending on the service and described in detail in the relevant subscription pages.

Sending mail to addresses indicated in the portalThe optional, explicit and voluntary sending of e-mails to the addresses indicated on the site entails the subsequent acquisition of the sender’s address, necessary to respond to requests, as well as any other personal data included in the message.

Optional provision of data

Some data required for registration are mandatory and failure to provide it makes it impossible to register with the portal. Similarly, the failure to communicate certain data required for the subscription of online services may make it impossible to use the selected service. Registration and subscription data are voluntarily provided. The person making the registration freely gives consent to the processing of data, aware that in the absence of such consent registration and subscription of services can not take place.

Treatment methods

Personal data are processed with automated tools for the time strictly necessary to achieve the purposes for which they were collected. Specific security measures are observed to prevent data loss, illicit or incorrect use and unauthorized access.

Rights of the interested parties

Pursuant to art. 7 of the d. lgs. n. 196/2003, the interested party can exercise:

the right to know:

the origin of personal data,

the purposes and methods of processing,

the logic applied in case of treatment carried out with the aid of electronic instruments,

the identification details of the data controller, the persons in charge, the subjects or the categories of subjects to whom the personal data may be communicated or who may become aware of it;

the right to obtain from the owner or manager, without delay:

updating, rectification or, when interested, integration of data,

the cancellation, transformation into anonymous form or blocking of data processed unlawfully, including data whose retention is unnecessary for the purposes for which the data were collected or subsequently processed,

the attestation that the operations referred to in the previous letters ab have been brought to the attention, also as regards their content, of those to whom the data have been communicated or disseminated, except in the case in which this fulfillment proves impossible or involves a use of means manifestly disproportionate to the protected right;

the right to object in whole or in part:

on legitimate grounds, to the processing of personal data concerning him / her, even though they are relevant to the purpose of the collection,

to the processing of personal data concerning him for the purpose of sending advertising material or direct selling or for carrying out market research or commercial communication.

The website www.EUDD.eu uses cookies and similar technologies to ensure the proper functioning of procedures and to improve the experience of using online applications. This document provides detailed information on the use of cookies and similar technologies, on how they are used by SIGE.

Cookies are short fragments of text (letters and / or numbers) that allow the web server to store on the client (the browser) information to be reused during the same visit to the site (session cookies) or later, even after days (persistent cookies). Cookies are stored, according to user preferences, by the individual browser on the specific device used (computer, tablet, smartphone).

Types of cookies

Strictly necessary cookies: they are indispensable for the correct functioning of the website www.EUDD.eu and are used to manage login and access to the reserved functions of the site. The duration of cookies is strictly limited to the work session (closed the browser are deleted). Their deactivation compromises the use of services accessible by login. The public part of the website www.EUDD.eu it remains normally usable;

Analysis and performance cookies: they are used to collect and analyze the traffic and use of the site anonymously. These cookies, even without identifying the user, allow, for example, to detect if the same user returns to connect at different times. They also allow you to monitor the system and improve its performance and usability. The deactivation of these cookies can be performed without any loss of functionality;

Profiling cookies: allow to permanently identify (anonymously or not) user preferences and improve their browsing experience. The website www.EUDD.eu does not use cookies of this type;

Third-party cookies: visiting a website you can receive cookies both from the visited site (‘owners’), and from sites managed by other organizations (‘third parties’). A notable example is the presence of ‘social plugins’ for Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and LinkedIn. These are parts of the page visited generated directly by the aforementioned sites and integrated into the page of the host site. The most common use of social plugins is aimed at sharing content on social networks. The presence of these plugins involves the transmission of cookies to and from all sites managed by third parties. The management of information collected by ‘third parties’ is governed by the relevant information to which reference is made. To ensure greater transparency and convenience, the following are the web addresses of the various information and how to manage cookies.

Some cookies (session cookies) remain active only until the browser is closed or when the logout command is executed. Other cookies are stored when the browser is closed and are also available in subsequent visits by the user. These cookies are called persistent and their duration is set by the server when they are created. In some cases a deadline is set, in other cases the duration is unlimited. SIGE does not use persistent cookies, however, browsing the pages of SIGE websites, you can interact with sites managed by third parties that can create or modify permanent and profiling cookies.

Cookie management

The user can decide whether or not to accept cookies using the settings of his browser. The total or partial disabling of technical cookies can compromise the use of the site features reserved for registered users. Disabling cookies ‘third parties’ does not affect the navigability in any way. The setting can be defined specifically for different websites and web applications. In addition, the best browsers allow you to define different settings for cookies ‘owners’ and those of ‘third parties’. As an example, in Firefox, through the Tools → Options → Privacy menu, you can access a control panel where you can define whether or not to accept the different types of cookies and proceed with their removal.